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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 12:42 PM
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Is Superman supposed to be eternal?
Other than that he can be killed with enough kryptonite, or perhaps some other thing, is the mythos of Superman that he is otherwise eternal - that is, can't die of old age?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 12:47 PM
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1. During his trip to earth in the first movie, Brando mentions...
The various forms of immortality and there basis in scientific fact. That gives me a clue that he might have a long life span.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 12:52 PM
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2. I asked a couple of weeks ago and was told no
he is not immortal, although he does live a long time.
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 02:21 PM
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3. The general comic book science is
that he is a living solar battery. As long as he can recharge under the light of a yellow star (sun) his cells continually renew. He does age, but verrrry slowwwwwly. :D Someday, I will get a life...
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 02:48 PM
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4. They did a story line back in the late sixties about Superman...
Living so long that he was around to see the destruction of the Earth....
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-08-06 02:50 PM
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5. Well, yeah, but with this administration, that might not have been
very far in Superman's future. He'd be, what, 60-70?
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